Editorial Review | Cleaning & Security Staff – Key Worker Status and Mitigating Coronavirus Risk

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19 February 2021

Join the Editorial Team for their February FM review. Daisy, Bailey and Ella discuss the key worker vaccination debate, in light of calls for cleaners to be prioritised in this list.

Last month, the headlines were dominated by the free school meals supplier scandal, but this February, COVID-19 and the vaccination was on our minds as the British Cleaning Council established their APPG for the cleaning industry.

We’ve documented the BCC’s campaign through its various stages, with continued support within the industry, which has also been echoed by the public. Most recently, we’ve seen widespread support for cleaners and security officers to be placed into priority vaccine groups

Join us now by watching the video below, and let us know your views on the situation via Twitter and LinkedIn or in the YouTube comments. 

(Conversation recorded via Zoom, please excuse the occasional audio glitch.)

Here's a roundup of the key stories discussed:

• BCC Appeals that Cleaning Staff Must be Considered as ‘Critical or Key Workers’
• Key Cleaning Services Continue To Operate Through The Pandemic
• Medirest Employees Working In NHS Trusts Receive Pay Increase
• Lives Of Cleaners Potentially At Risk Due To Lack Of COVID-19 Testing
• BCC to Create Cleaning Sector Parliamentary Group
• Have Frontline Cleaning Staff Been Missed?
• Male Security Guards Have one of the Highest COVID Death Rates
• Cleaning Industry APPG Launches to Recognise Cleaners as Key Workers

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Article written by Ella Tansley | Published 19 February 2021

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